Gandabherunda

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Dear Mr. Philip : Here is my input online after your original Mail: hill.phillipTo: rrajajiSent: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 11:49 AMGandabherunda

 

 

Sir, I am emailing you with the hope that you will be able to help me find the text (Sanskrit, English, etc.) describing the Gandabherunda - avatara of Narasimha.I have had correspondence with persons stating that in the Narasimha - purana there is a Gandabherundastotra.Also I have learned that there is a Gandabherundopanishat.If you would reply to my email it would be appreciated.svasti!Bryan

There is a Shrine for GandhabErunda Narasimhan at Yadagiri Gutta (Pancha Narasimha

KshEthram) near Hyderabad at Andhra Pradesh .

 

There is a shrine for Sarabha (Salva) , the form of Sivan , who incarnated to subdue the anger

of Ugra Narasimha according to legend .

 

Major PurANams ( VishNu PurANam , BhAgavatham ) do not talk about GandabhErunda

and Sarabha forms of Sri Narasimha Bhagavan and Lord Siva.

 

To the best of my knowledge , no mention is made by Upa PurANams ( minor PurANams ) like

Narasimha PurANam or Upanishads associated with Narasimha refer to this mythical

subject . Major PurANams stop with the destruction of HiraNya and pacification of the angry

Lord by Bhaktha PrahlAdhan .

 

The Sthala PurANams of some Narasimha KshEthrams cover Moorthys of Narasimhan

ranging from 5 ( Yadagiri Gutta) , 9 ( Ahobilam ) to 32 ( SimhAchalam) .

 

HH Chinna Jeeyar has observed that GandhabErandha Nrusimha avathAram is mentioned in

a minor text known as "Nru Kanteerava abhyudhayam " .

 

You can purchase Narasimha Puranam ( Sanskrit Text and English Translations ) from

a variety of Vedantham Book stores ( vedam) or from Parimal

Publications , Delhi . Even Narasimha PurANam has 4 chapters ( out of 68) devoted to

Lord Narasimha .

 

My advise to you would be : Please do not spend too much time on these distractions

relating to Post-HiraNya destruction episodes because they have no strong basis in

PurAnic or Upanishadic lore unless and otherwise you ar esearching for academic

purposes .

 

Please refer to the following URLs for enjoying Sri NarasimhA's incarnation

and the glories (Vaibhavam) of the Lord with lots of Text and images :

 

http://www.sundarasimham.org/e-books.htm

 

E-Books 8 and 67 of the Sundarasimham e-books cover in detail

SrI Nrusimha avathAram .

 

NamO SrI NrusimhAya ,

V.Sadagopan